the season when water taps run dry and 'dudu' (money), chicken biryani and 'soro' (alcohol) begin flowing generously. Yes, it's election time all over again in our little island in the sun.Village-level elections have always been more interesting because of the range of all too familiar characters in the fray. Everyone, from seasoned iron ladies and sugar daddies, to emerging young turks, 'social workers'...

for possessing demonetised currency notes of the face value of Rs 25 lakh and attempting to exchange them for new notes.Acting on a tip-off, Vidyanagar police searched a bag which the three accused were holding while standing on a motorcycle near"On a tip-off, when we checked the bag, we came to know that the accused had the scraped notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination which they wanted to exchange...

day ago after drowning her nine-month-old son Sarthak, has been slapped with charges of abetment to commiton Monday while her toddler son's body had been found in a drum which had it's lid closed. Jaripatka police had booked Lakshmi for murdering her son by drowning him in the water drum. Sandeep, a civil contractor, too had been made an accused in the case after it came to fore that he had been r...

government fails to ensure regular payment for the milk they sell at village-level milk societies.(A), since the demonetisation move, lakhs of farmers in the state are forced to travel up to 12 km and stand in long queues to get their payments.Earlier, milk farmers used to get paid in cash at their respective societies. "It was said that things will improve after 50 days of demonetisation. Over 150...

Vasco: The body of an unidentified male person was found on Sancoale railway tracks on Tuesday morning.Vasco railway police said that, at about 7.30am, they received a call informing them about the incident. The body of a man, around 35 years of age, was found cut in two pieces on Sancoale railway tracks, about 2km away from the Sancoale railway station. No identity card was found on the man. He was...

"Let alone bandh (shutdown) in the hills, anything can happen here in the present situation. Nothing can be saas they brought out a protest rally in Darjeeling district demanding the state government come up with a written circular about not making Bengali compulsory in the hills.Territorial Administration - the development body in the north Bengal hills - of "spreading falsehood" about "imposition"...

passed a resolution on June 1 to ban plastic bags from the village and instead adopt cloth bags in a bid to save the environment from the lethal non-bio degradable substance. Sasan and villages bordering the famousand sanctuary have been ravaged by tonnes of plastic dumped mainly by the lakhs of tourists who visit the Asiatic lion's abode every year.Shunning plastic completely was the brainchild of...

(BJP) have started brainstorming, and in this regard, a meeting was conducted on Friday. The district presidents of both parties, along with other leaders, participated in the meeting, which discussed the delimitation of city wards before MC elections, and stalled the development works of the city. They announced that they would stage massive protests against thegovernment for its failure in fulfilling...

further investigation, as they were caught allegedly running an illegal scan centre and conducting sex determination tests. The family had kept a portable ultrasound machine at home. The health department on Thursday cracked down on this illegal centre.said: "We have lodged a manhunt for the arrest of the accused. We are taking all information from the two arrested, so that this nexus can be broken....